The narrow sectarian cannot read astronomy with impunity. The creeds of his church shrivel like dried leaves at the door of the observatory.

When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.

As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect.

He who would be a great soul in the future, must be a great soul now.

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.

Henceforth, please God, forever I forego the yolk of men's opinions. I will be light-hearted as a bird and live with God. I find him in the bottom of my heart, and I hear continually his voice therein.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.